Klio

A three-masted steel ship built in 1888 by C. Connell & Co., Glasgow, under special survey. Dimensions: 76,50×11,76×6,98 m [258'8"×38'7"×22'7"] and tonnage: 1664 GRT, 1621 NRT and 1538 tons under deck [1661 GRT and 1596 NRT German measurement].

The full-rigged ship Olymp was a sister ship.

1888 August 9: Launched at the shipyard of C. Connell & Co., Glasgow, for B. Wencke & Söhne, Hamburg. The first master was Captain F.C Bramslöw.
1889: The command was taken over by Captain D. Rohwehl. Another source gives the year 1890
1896: Sailed from Caleta Buena to Lizard Point in 88 days.
1897-1898: Sailed from Pisagua to Lizard Point in 95 days.
1899-1901: Under command of Captain P. Paulsen.
1902-1906: Under command of Captain W. Peters.
1903: Sailed from Iquique to Falmouth in 98 days.
1903: Sailed from Lizard Point to Iquique in 109 days.
1904: Sailed from Iquique to Lizard Point in 100 days.
1905: Sailed from Port Talbot to Pisagua in 100 days.
1905-1906: Sailed from Pisagua to Lizard Point in 81 days.
1906 January 30: Sold to Rhederie AG von 1896, Hamburg.
1906: Sailed from Lizard to Melbourne in 86 days under command of Captain P. Dahm. Another source gives Captain Dahm as master during the years 1907-1910.
1906: Sailed from Newcastle, NSW to Tocopilla in 50 days.
1907: Sailed from Lizard Point — Sydney in 84 days.
1907: Sailed from Newcastle, NSW to Tatal in 38 days.
1908: Sailed from Elbe — Sydney in 86 days.
1908-1909: Sailed from Sydney to Queenstown in 100 days.
1909: Sailed from Lundy Island to; Iquique in 103 days.
1909-1910: Sailed from Iquique to Lizard Point in 93 days.
1911-1912: Master was Captain P. Hammer.
1913: Sailed Newcastle, NSW to Talcahuano with a cargo of 2605 tons of coal under command of Captain L. Müller.
1913 May 12: Sailed from Talcahuano for Mejillones with 700 tons of coal as ballast and has never been heard of since then.

Updated 1997-05-08 by Lars Bruzelius

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